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Opuntia stricta - Acanthocereus tetragonus - Evolvulus convolvuloides - Indigofera oxycarpa Shrubland | Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
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Name: Opuntia stricta - Acanthocereus tetragonus - Evolvulus convolvuloides - Indigofera oxycarpa Shrubland
Reference: Southeastern Ecology Working Gro...
Description: These are semi-open areas with little or no soil development and much exposed rock, dominated by a variable mixture of cacti, stunted shrubs (often spiny), trailing vines, and tropical herbs. They occur in upland areas above tidal influence in only a very few places in the Florida Keys. Similar communities, termed Coastal Rock Barrens, are associated with extreme high tide areas. Characteristic species include <i>Opuntia stricta, Acanthocereus tetragonus, Evolvulus convolvuloides, Indigofera oxycarpa (= Indigofera trita var. keyensis), Agave decipiens</i> (exotic), <i>Opuntia triacantha, Sideroxylon celastrinum, Capparis flexuosa, Cynanchum angustifolium, Jacquemontia pentanthos, Pithecellobium unguis-cati, Cienfuegosia yucatanensis</i>, and <i>Stachytarpheta jamaicensis</i>. 
Accession Code: VB.CC.35883.CEGL003872
Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 0
      Party Perspective according to: NatureServe (organization)
Perspective from: 17-Nov-2014 to: 01-May-2019
     
  • status: accepted
  • This Community's Level: association
  • This Community's Children: [none]
Names:   Translated: Erect Prickly-pear - Triangle Cactus - Bindweed Dwarf Morning-glory - Asian Indigo Shrubland
  Scientific: Opuntia stricta - Acanthocereus tetragonus - Evolvulus convolvuloides - Indigofera oxycarpa Shrubland
  Code: CEGL003872
  UID: ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.683144 NatureServe ExplorerNatureServe Explorer logo